About the Healthcare Industry

The healthcare industry has undergone drastic changes in the last couple of years, and it is all because of advanced technologies. The number of health and medical applications is increasing day by day, opening new avenues in the Industry. And that’s what we are about to talk about in this article.

The market for healthcare applications is growing continuously and offering dynamic services to patients and healthcare professionals. After COVID-19 Pandemic, the healthcare industry did grow even faster. According to the recent research conducted, it is predicted that the Health app market will reach the US $103 Billion at the end of 2023, which was the only US $24 Billion at the end of 2018.

This trend will increase the use of healthcare applications. After COVID, the download ratio of healthcare applications rises around 60% worldwide.

Challenges Faced in the Healthcare Sector

The Healthcare market is at a growing stage. Still, many healthcare providers will think twice before taking a step further to develop the healthcare application. Why? There are a few reasons why mobile healthcare applications cannot put such an impact on the market yet.

Before launching your Healthcare application, it is advisable to understand why health apps are struggling to impact the lives of millions. It will help your app to grow in the market easily.

Below are the challenges faced by the healthcare sector.

• Lack of Detailed Focus in Any One Domain
• Non-Compliance with the Law 
• Lack of Security
• Prevalent Negative Sentiment About the Mobile Health Domain
• Presence of Multiple Channels and Devices

Types of Healthcare Applications

There are several healthcare applications developed and launched in the market every day. The healthcare application is divided into different types based on application use for health professionals, patients, and medical facilities.

Mainly there are three categories of mobile healthcare applications.

Apps for healthcare professionals:

• Remote monitoring
• Appointment management applications
• Telemedicine

Medication apps for patients:

• Fitness and wellness applications
• Mental health apps
• Diet tracking applications
• Women health tracking apps
• Reminder assistant apps
• Self-diagnosis solutions
• Appointment scheduling solutions
• Medical education apps

For medical institutions:

• Scheduling an appointment solutions
• Inventory management
• Clinical assistance app with EHR and EMR access
• Billing application